DC Vs LSG: Delhi Capitals achieved the greatest run chase ever, Ashutosh and Vipraj bowed down before Lucknow

Delhi: The fourth match of IPL 2025 between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants today, Dr. Y.S. of Visakhapatnam on Monday 24 March. Rajasekhar Reddy will be played at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. The match will start at 7:30 pm Indian time, while the captain of both teams for the toss landed at 7 pm and Delhi captain Akshar Patel won the toss and decided to bowl first.

Marsh and Puran’s banging batting

The team of Lucknow Super Giants made a brilliant start batting first. Aidan Markram and Mitchell Marsh together added more than 40 runs in the first 4 overs. Although Markram was out after scoring 15 runs, but after that Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Puran batted aggressively. Both of them scored 117 runs in 10 overs, in which Mitchell Marsh scored 72 off 36 balls. After Marsh’s dismissal, Nicholas Puran also played a stormy innings of 75 runs in 30 balls, in which he hit 7 sixes and 6 fours, and batted at a strike rate of about 250.

Captain Pant out without scoring runs

During this time it seemed that the Lucknow team would score more than 250, but as soon as Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Puran were out, and after that the wickets of Lucknow started falling one after the other. Captain Rishabh Pant also returned to the pavilion without opening an account. Ayush Badoni, Shardul Thakur, and Shahbaz Ahmed also could not do anything special. But finally David Miller scored 27 runs in 19 balls to bring Lucknow to a total of 209.

210 runs target in front of Delhi

The bowlers of Delhi Capitals were initially seen under pressure, but after 10 overs they made a great comeback. Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets for 20 runs in 4 overs, while Mitchell Starc took 3 wickets for 42 runs in 4 overs. The best bowling of these bowlers gave Delhi a great comeback and has given a chance to win in the match. The Delhi team now needs 210 runs to win this match and win in the first match of this IPL.

Successful Chase of Delhi

Delhi Capitals had a big target of 210 runs, but their start was not special. In the very first over, Delhi lost the wickets of its prominent batsmen Jake Fraser-Macgark and Abhishek Porel, and two wickets fell for just 2 runs. After this, Sameer Rizvi also could not last long and became a victim of M Siddharth for only 4 runs. However, after this, Delhi batsmen Akshar Patel and Treston Stabs performed well. Akshar scored 22 runs and Stabs scored 34 runs, but due to the falling wickets, it seemed that Delhi would not be able to go too far in this match.

Ashutosh and Vipraj return

But then Vipraj Nigam and Ashutosh Sharma made a comeback and made Delhi a comeback. Vipraj Nigam, who is playing his first season of Delhi, scored 39 runs in just 15 balls with a strike rate of 260 and 39 runs with the help of 5 fours. At the same time, Ashutosh Sharma, who was scoring fast in the matches for Punjab last year, not only batted brilliantly in this match but also won Delhi with a six and won 3 balls remaining. Ashutosh scored 66 runs in just 31 balls, and Delhi won the first match with 1 wicket.

Trouble in bowling

The biggest weakness of the Lucknow team was his bowling, which had already proved that it looked weak without its important bowlers. Lucknow bowlers fought continuously after the initial 6 overs, which gave Delhi a chance to return to the match. Although the Lucknow batsmen performed brilliantly, but in bowling, their team faced huge problems and this was the reason for their defeat.

Playing XI of both teams

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